use_rstudio_prefs: Set RStudio Preferences

In rstudio.prefs: Manage 'RStudio' Preferences and Addin Shortcuts

Set RStudio Preferences

Description

This function updates the RStudio preferences saved in the rstudio-prefs.json file. A full listing of preferences that may be modified are listed here https://docs.posit.co/ide/server-pro/admin/reference/session_user_settings.html

Usage

use_rstudio_prefs(...)

Arguments

...	series of RStudio preferences to update, e.g. ⁠always_save_history = FALSE, rainbow_parentheses = TRUE⁠

Value

Invisibly returns the updated preferences as a named list on success, or NULL if no updates were made (no changes, user aborted, or not in an

Author(s)

Daniel D. Sjoberg

Examples

# pass preferences individually --------------
use_rstudio_prefs(
  always_save_history = FALSE,
  rainbow_parentheses = TRUE
)

# pass a list of preferences -----------------
pref_list <-
  list(always_save_history = FALSE,
       rainbow_parentheses = TRUE)

use_rstudio_prefs(!!!pref_list)

rstudio.prefs documentation built on Aug. 20, 2026, 9:09 a.m.